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Women's Rights
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Terry O'Neill is the Chef of Staff for Duchy Trachtenberg, Councilwoman at Large in Montogomery County, Maryland. Oneill has served as the Executive Director of the National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO)and Membership Vice President of the National Organization for Women (NOW), where she was responsible for NOW's membership development, financial management, and government relations. During her tenure with NOW, she co-chaired NCWO's Domestic Priorities Task Force which developed a legislative agenda calling on the 107th Congress to address issues of crucial importance in women's daily lives, such as health care, economic and social security, civil rights, reproductive freedom, and education from early childhood through college and professional training.
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Law Professor
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From 1989 to 2001, Terry was a law professor at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. She taught feminist legal theory, international women's rights, legal ethics, and corporate social responsibility as well as general corporate law.
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Activism
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O'Neill's feminist activism began with fighting right-wing extremists in the Deep South. She has served as president of Louisiana NOW, president of the New Orleans chapter and has been a member of NOW's National Board and National Racial Diversity Committee. She has also been active in Colorado NOW.
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Community Activism
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Using her background in law to fight important legal battles for feminists, O'Neill has written key amicus briefs at the federal, trial and appellate levels on abortion rights issues for Louisiana NOW, Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union.
O'Neill's community activism includes work with labor unions, Louisiana's Lesbian and Gay Political Action Caucus, the Mayor of New Orleans' Task Force on Domestic Violence and ACORN of Louisiana.
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Political Organizer
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O'Neill is also a skilled political organizer, having worked on campaigns ranging from the election of Louisiana's first woman U.S. Senator, Mary Landrieu to the successful defeat of David Duke's bid for the Louisiana governorship. She also worked on successful campaigns to elect women's rights supporters to the Louisiana state legislature and to state judgeships.
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Ms.O'Neill is available to speak on a wide range of legal, legislative, political, international, health and social topics including but not limited to: ending violence against women, ending racism, women's health, feminism and the law, and international women's issues.
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